CC Radio adds eRockster to 15 HD stations
Starting today, CC Radio’s awesome Indie Rock/variety eRockster HD-2 format will be exposed to a weekly online audience of nearly 500K unique visitors and...
Salem Q2 revs down 2.2%
Salem Communications’ Q2 results reported total revenue down 2.2% to $57.5 million from $58.8 million in Q2 2007. Net income increased 20.5% to $3.5...
Court bounces lawsuit against Talk host
A federal appeals court in Richmond, VA has thrown out a defamation lawsuit brought by a government contractor against Randi Rhodes and her former syndicator, Air America Radio
The Tammy Bruce Show adds 12 affiliates
Talk Radio Network Enterprises’ The Tammy Bruce Show has also added 12 new stations in the last 3 months to her growing affiliate list;...
If I ran the world
Radio One’s Alfred Liggins told Wall Street analysts and other interested parties how he might use two of the three wishes he might have...
Mel makes a Sirius XM investment
The battered stock price of Sirius XM rose a bit yesterday after CEO Mel Karmazin demonstrated confidence in the newly merged satellite radio company...
Mercedes-Benz to offer OEM HD Radios
Mercedes-Benz will offer HD Radio technology on several of its mid-year 2009 vehicles as part of its new generation of entertainment systems developed for...
Entercom beats in Q2, but Q3 looking softer
Q2 revenues for Entercom were down 1% -- down 2% on a same station basis – beating Wall Street expectations as the company also...
Retrans standoff in the heartland
This time it’s not a cable MSO, but rather Dish Network which has dropped channel carriage in a retransmission consent dispute. Citadel Communications says...
Mel to take a victory lap
Both Sirius and XM passed on holding quarterly calls with analysts as they released preliminary Q2 financial results. But now that the merger of the two former competitors has gone to closing
24B reasons for broadcast performance royalties
The musicFirst Coalition has seized on the closing of the transaction taking Clear Channel private to trumpet its raison d’etre – establishment of performance...
Beasley battling tough real estate markets
Q2 revenues fell 10.9% to $31 million for Beasley Broadcast Group, with two markets hard hit by the real estate meltdown taking a big...
Sampling Austin’s music
Austin, TX is known as a hotbed for cutting edge music, so it’s hardly surprising that the NAB Radio Show will be showcasing some...
Look for quick dealing as CBS unloads 50 radio stations
It’s not like CEO Les Moonves decided just yesterday to divest another 50 or so radio stations from CBS Radio. He told Wall Street...
CBS moving quickly to divest about 50 radio stations
CBS Corporation announced this morning that it plans to divest another 50 or so radio stations in medium markets, but it has already been...